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  1. Forest Rail

    Forest Rail New Member

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    Did these ever see service as ballast drop wagons, either in 'original' state or subsequently modified? I got a wee bit swamped in the info lurking out there on the internet!

    Cheers!
     
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  2. Ploughman

    Ploughman Part of the furniture

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    May not be the right type but this week these examples did drop ballast.
    Also to be seen in the Infrastructure blog from the NYMR Civil Engineer.
    https://www.nymr.co.uk/blog/civil-engineering-diary-23-march

    Not sure if any restriction has been installed as to how much the doors open but they do give a reasonable spread across the 4ft rather than a deep row from a Seacow etc.

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  3. Forest Rail

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    Aha, many thanks! They look about right. Reading the blog post, you mention them being modified, what sort of mods did you have to do?
     
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  4. Ploughman

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    Chaining the doors so they only open so far is what I think has been done.
     
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